Toy locomotive



(No Model.)

B. J. COLBY. I

I TOY LOOOMOTIVE. No. 373,223. Patented Nov. 15, 1887.

" I UNITED STATES PATENT -UFFICE.

EDWARD J. COLBY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOY LOCOMOTIVE.

SPECIFICATION Application filedl ebruary 23, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. COLBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in thecounty' of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Bank, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to toys for banks, paper-weights, and the like, andhas for its object to provide a bank which can be used as a toy to bedrawn by a child, can be used as a paper-weight, or can be used as abank, the contents of which are adapted to open the bank when they reacha certain weight. These objects I accomplish by means of the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a-sideview of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through theinvention. Fig. 3 is a plan view with the smoke-stack and sand-chestremoved to leave I the bank open. 7

Like parts are indicated by the same letters in all the figures.

A is a steam-boiler; B, a cab; C, the driving-wheels; D, the truck; E,theguard; F, the steam-cylinder; G, the valve-case; H,the headlight; l,the smoke-stack; J, the sand-chest, these parts being connected by thepiece K; L, the steam-dome. 1

M is a slit in the top of the cab which opens into the money-receptacle.N are the guards thereon to prevent the money from escaping.

O and P are apertures in the top of the steam-boiler, and It is a slotconnecting them.

S is a piston having the cap T, stem U, rim V, and the spiral springW,against which one of its ends bears, the other end resting againstthelugs X X.

chest and catches upon the steam-boiler.

Y is a cross bolt which secures the two halves of the boiler togethen Ithas a flange at one end and is upset at the other. -The piece K has atone end a projection, K, which passes through the aperture under thesand- At which passes its other end it has a hook, K,

through the aperture under the smoke-stack and hooks into the rim of thelocking-piston.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The deviceiscomposed of two to its proper position,

forming partof Letters Patent No. 373,223, dated November 15, 1887'.

Serial No. 228,475. (no model.)

similar parts, which are brought together, and' the locking cross-rod isthen placed in position with one end of its flange resting upon one sideof the boiler, and its other end is upset, so as to securely fasten theparts together. In this position the smoke-stack and sand-chest arefirmly secured to the top of the boiler, so as to cover the aperturetherein. The driving-wheels may be either cast with the rest of thedevice or they may be loose to rotate thereon. The money may now beintroduced through the slit in the top of the cab, and when a sufficientquantity has been introduced to cause the weight thereof to force thespring in the forward end of the boiler, and thus to depress thelocking-piston, the money contained in the cab will pass into thesteam-boiler, and the weight thereof will cause the lock-piston todescend, so that the hook on the bar K isfreed and the smoke-stack andthe sand chest may be removed, thus leaving an aperture in the boilerthrough which the coin may be extracted. As soon as this is done thespring will restore the lock-piston and if the piece K be again placedin position the smoke-stack and sand-chest will be locked to the boiler,as in the beginning.

I have shown my improvement as applied to a locomotive; but I have 'alsoapplied it to other devices-as, for instance, tire-engines, wagons, andthe like. It will be readily seen that its application to toys otherthan locomotives will be perfectly easy.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A toy bank consistingof a hollow toy provided with a coin-receiving and a coin-dischargingaperture, a movable cover for the discharging-aperture, and aspring-latch to secure the same from within, said spring-latch beingnormally closed, but constructed to be opened by the weight of the coinwithin.

2. A toy bank consisting of a hollow locomotive provided with acoin-receiving aperture, a removable smoke-stack which covers theaperture through which the coin is removed, and a spring-latch which isadapted to lock the smoke-stack in position, but when depressed by theweight of the coin permits it to he released and removed, so that thecoin may be abstraete 3. A toy bank consisting of a locomotive 5provided with a hollow boiler which serves as a eoin-receptaele, aremovable Smokestack which covers the aperture through whieh the coin isremoved, and a spring-latch which is adapted to lock the smoke-stack inposition, but when depressed by the weight of the coin IO permits it tobe released and removed, so that the coin may be extracted.

EDWARD J. COLBY. Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, M. M. SULLIVAN.

